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Low-budget small ball will reign supreme in the ALCS starting tonight.<\/p>\n
At 8 p.m. ET, Junior Caminero\u2019s Tampa Bay Rays host Jos\u00e9 Ramirez\u2019s Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of the seven-game series at St. Petersburg, FL\u2019s Tropicana Field.<\/p>\n
This showdown will serve as an unofficial tiebreaker for the two franchises who have met twice in the postseason before \u2014\u00a0the 2013 and 2022 Wild Card Games \u2014 and split those winner-take-all contests.<\/p>\n
\tWatch Guardians vs. Rays for free<\/p>\n
When: Oct. 12, 8 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Where: Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg, Florida)<\/p>\n
How to watch for free: DIRECTV<\/a> (five-day free trial)<\/p>\n TV Channel: TBS<\/p>\n As for tonight, oddsmakers favor the well-rested Rays who come into today\u2019s matchup as -170 moneyline home favorites. <\/p>\n However, Kevin Cash\u2019s club hasn\u2019t played since Oct. 7 (when they finished off their sweep of the Yankees) and, sometimes, a five-day lull in the postseason can be a death sentence for a streaky team.<\/p>\n Throw in the fact that Cleveland is also riding high after taking the last three of five against the White Sox, who seemed to be MLB\u2019s team of destiny, and anything can happen.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t miss out. We\u2019re expecting elite low-budget small ball at its very best.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how to tune in <\/a>to the Game 1 of the ALCS<\/a> for free without cable.<\/p>\n Guardians vs. Rays start time<\/p>\n The Guardians-Rays ALCS is scheduled to begin with Game 1 today, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n How to watch Guardians vs. Rays ALCS Game 1 for free<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t have cable, you\u2019ll need a live TV streaming service to stream the Guardians and Rays in the 2026 ALCS for free.<\/p>\n DIRECTV<\/a> is our favorite service for trying live TV for free. Right now, you can take advantage of a five-day free trial before saving $30 on your first month. We recommend the Choice plan, which includes FOX as part of its 125+ channel options.<\/p>\n Guardians vs. Rays starting pitchers<\/p>\n The ALCS opens with a pitcher\u2019s duel. Midseason acquisition Foster Griffin (15-6, 3.61 ERA) starts for the Guardians, while ace Drew Rasmussen (16-5, 2.67 ERA) will be on the mound for the Rays.<\/p>\n Guardians vs. Rays ALCS schedule<\/a><\/p>\n Game 1: Oct. 12, 8 p.m. ET (TBS)<\/p>\n Game 2: Oct. 13, 8 p.m. ET (TBS)<\/p>\n Game 3: Oct. 15, 6 p.m. ET (TBS)<\/p>\n Game 4: Oct. 16, 6 p.m. ET (TBS)<\/p>\n Game 5: Oct. 17, 8 p.m. ET (TBS)*<\/p>\n Game 6: Oct. 19, 5 p.m. ET (TBS)*<\/p>\n Game 7: Oct. 20, 8 p.m. ET (TBS)*<\/p>\n *if necessary<\/p>\n This article was written by Matt Levy<\/a>, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows \u2013 and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert<\/a> and interviewed Melissa Villase\u00f1or<\/a> of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Post may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[166544,3820,5428,3817,163001,110,202,204,203,199,201,200,1835,3815],"class_list":["post-426093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-alcs","tag-cleveland-guardians","tag-how-to-watch","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-playoffs","tag-sports","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-streaming","tag-tampa-bay-rays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}